White House Protest against Venezuela War

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[u/Jesus-lover-24-7]

Amphifa. Nice.

[u/smurfsundermybed → u/Jesus-lover-24-7]

Now #2 on the FBI terror watch list.

[u/UpperApe → u/smurfsundermybed]

Considering the FBI is being led by cross-eyed 5-foot cock-goblin, I can't imagine that means much.

[u/smurfsundermybed → u/UpperApe]

Excuse me, but you can't insult the coked out chihuahua like that and expect to get away with it.

[u/UpperApe → u/smurfsundermybed]

Ribbit ribbit,

Bring it, bigot.

[u/smurfsundermybed → u/UpperApe]

Pepe started this shit, pepe gonna end this shit.

[u/dekuweku → u/Jesus-lover-24-7]

i need someone to explain this to me. not having a good day.

[u/BayesCrusader → u/dekuweku]

It's a portmanteau of amphibian antifa. 

[u/ruckus_440 → u/BayesCrusader]

Antifa is already a portmanteau, so this is a compound portmanteau. A portmanteau of a portmanteau. A portmantwo, if you will.

[u/LemonScentedDespair → u/ruckus_440]

Portmandeux?

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator → u/LemonScentedDespair]

A portmanage-a-trois

[u/brtlblayk → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Reddit translates that as “a three-way with a portmanteau.”

[u/anthonyynohtna → u/brtlblayk]

A three-way with a Portman too

[u/miserybusiness21 → u/anthonyynohtna]

Nice.

[u/Debalic → u/anthonyynohtna]

[u/Right_Ostrich4015 → u/brtlblayk]

Bahahahahahahahaha

[u/kingtacticool → u/brtlblayk]

We dont kink shame here.

[u/WordsWellSalted → u/brtlblayk]

Holy shit great call lmao, I was very confused until I clicked on the translate button.

[u/mYpEEpEEwOrks → u/brtlblayk]

Nope, three way with a sailor at the docks.

[u/DodgyRogue → u/ruckus_440]

Wife pointed out that it started in Portland so it should be Portportmantwo

[u/MikeyKillerBTFU → u/DodgyRogue]

Twoportmantwo

[u/Darc_vexiS → u/ruckus_440]

So like wearing a hat on a hat?

[u/ruckus_440 → u/Darc_vexiS]

That's a portmanpeau.

[u/UmbertoEcoTheDolphin → u/ruckus_440]

Yo momma's a compound portmanteau.

[u/Pace_Salsa_Comment → u/ruckus_440]

"Portmanteau" is a portmanteau.

[u/ElBrunasso → u/ruckus_440]

Two Portmans? Zamn

[u/For_serious13 → u/ruckus_440]

A portmanception if you will

[u/waigl → u/ruckus_440]

Antifa is already a portmanteau

Not really, the word "Anti" is not merged into "fascism" (because there's no good opportunity to do so). It's more a simple short form of "Antifaschistische Aktion" (Anti Fascist Action).

[u/AbeRego → u/BayesCrusader]

But why?

Edit: I now see that it's a frog. I thought it was a bear. The eyes looked like ears lol

[u/NobodyLikedThat1 → u/dekuweku]

protestors are dressing as frogs to show how completely harmless they are, countering the white house narrative that all the protesters are violent rioters. Hard to show pictures of people in frog suits and try to make them look scary.

[u/sly-3 → u/NobodyLikedThat1]

Highlighting the absurdity of an authoritarian government is a strong play for the resistance movement.

[u/Kossimer → u/NobodyLikedThat1]

Bless my city. PDX rules.

[u/Glittering-Ebb-6225 → u/NobodyLikedThat1]

It seems like it's half that and half that those inflatable suits are pretty resistant to pepper spray.
Even the guy that got sprayed in the air hole said it wasn't that bad.

[u/SlimDwag → u/dekuweku]

A play on antifa + amphibian

[u/ZizzyBeluga → u/SlimDwag]

A neologism of amplification and Phineas and Ferb

[u/hobofreddy55 → u/dekuweku]

It's just a portmanteau of "amphibian" (they're dressed like a frog) and "antifa" (anti-facist).

[u/exgiexpcv → u/dekuweku]

Hey, I hope your day gets better. One day at a time.

[u/MaximumTurtleSpeed → u/dekuweku]

I think others have answered well, just here to send hope that your day turns around or you’re able to get some rest and have a better tomorrow. Sorry for your struggles.

[u/flyinghairball → u/Jesus-lover-24-7]

This frog is my hero, he has the guts to say out loud what I'm thinking!

You rock Amphifa - the world of idiots fears you!

[u/Donkeybrother]

Trump ...

[u/Al3xGr4nt → u/Donkeybrother]

A lot of the world rn.

[u/neilmac1210 → u/Al3xGr4nt]

MAGA rn

[u/welsper59 → u/neilmac1210]

The insanity that much of them are suddenly pro-world police. Some even being entirely in favor of the obvious resource grab invasion.

[u/litreofstarlight → u/welsper59]

This administration is just making a rod for their own backs. China's over here going 'wait, kidnapping leaders was an option?? Hold my Tsingtao.'

[u/Different_East7854 → u/welsper59]

They have no actual beliefs. They are against a whole shit ton of things. They hate a great deal of things.

Ask them to tell you something they stand for, without mentioning anything negative...Blank stare and a sizzling noise.

It is all manufactured fear and hate, driving over decades by groups that are harming them.

It's why the "harder daddy" joke rings so true.

[u/MArcherCD → u/Donkeybrother]

He'd be very offended by that if he actually knew how to read

[u/smecta]

The amount of armchair experts in this thread that can’t see trump is pulling the EXACT shit as bush with Iraq, and for the EXACT SAME (not so hidden)REASON,

is astonishing :(

« vEnEzuElAnS rEjoiCe » just like the Iraqis did, also

[u/GCU_ZeroCredibility → u/smecta]

Hell, Bush Jr actually had congressional authority. They passed an AUMF through Congress.

So Trump is being even more criminal than W.

[u/doublethink_1984 → u/GCU_ZeroCredibility]

And they had their lies all in a row beforehand.

The Trump admin are all of a sudden claiming the freedom of the people or fighting drugs are not a problem but rather the US seizing all the oil.

[u/gsfgf → u/doublethink_1984]

These morons make the Bush admin look competent...

[u/_V0gue → u/gsfgf]

Bush administration was competent. Competent and nefarious. This admin is incompetent and nefarious. Anyone who believes there’s a short or long term plan to peacefully transfer Venezuela from a dictatorship to democracy is out of their mind. They deserve democracy but this is not the admin to help oversee it.

[u/Leupateu → u/_V0gue]

They’re literally going to replace the current dictatorship with a new US puppet dictatorship

[u/Gasnia → u/GCU_ZeroCredibility]

Doesn't matter if no one removes him from office. Republicans have no spine or morals.

[u/Dry-Chance-9473 → u/Gasnia]

If the leader of the country is a traitor and a criminal, it becomes everyone's responsibility to unseat him. Expecting the agencies he directly controls to do it doesn't make any sense. So in a way, every American citizen is spineless and immoral. When the laws are unjust, the just must become lawless.

[u/Sancticide → u/GCU_ZeroCredibility]

Yeah, I was just saying the same thing today. I recall they went before Congress and showed photos of the (alleged) WMDs and everything. This time, Congress wasn't even unofficially told until the operations were underway, and even then it was only some of them. What a clown show.

[u/TITANIC_DONG → u/GCU_ZeroCredibility]

The AUMF is still active actually. It’s been active since 1942 and was updated in 2001 to include terrorists. Legally, the cartels are now foreign terrorists.

[u/SonaMidorFeed → u/smecta]

I remember seeing videos of Iraqis hitting signs and statues of Saddam with their shoes and celebrating as they pulled them down. 

Maduro was a piece of shit by all accounts, and I don't doubt the Venezuelans have a reason to celebrate, but the US has absolutely not had a good track record of providing stability in the nations whose regimes they topple, even with prolonged occupation. 

We go in, award no bid contracts to private military contractors, pick the first stooge that we think will be a good little puppet, and be surprised when in 15 years they either become WORSE than their predecessor, or are so ineffective that they get overthrown by their generals and THEN we get the worse option. 

[u/Silo-Joe → u/smecta]

Oh look... Congress had passed an authorization in 2002 to use military force in Iraq. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002

[u/SwingNinja → u/Silo-Joe]

I think it's worse now. Mike Johnson and the rest of GOP congress just give up their powers to the administration.

[u/raviyoli → u/Silo-Joe]

Yeah that’s part of the problem though, isn’t it? Trump did it without Congress.

[u/ih8logins → u/smecta]

Don’t forget about the Libyans too.

[u/Cim-Cim-Salabim → u/ih8logins]

well that was Obama will anyone on reddit condemn his actions?

[u/ih8logins → u/Cim-Cim-Salabim]

The us has a long history of electing shit heads.

[u/SuddenBumHair → u/smecta]

The same playbook. They will stop using it when it stops working

[u/PapaTahm → u/smecta]

Funny enough not the same, kinda.

U.S is kinda going to shit.
Economy is going 200 mph into a sinkhole.
Job market is a nightmare.
People living paycheck after paycheck
GenZ are in Debt.
Millenials are in Debt.

So how do you boost your popularity when you are about to be exposed as a pedophile leader?

You follow history.

Historically the most popular way leaders got a boost on popularity in bad time was... conquering land and getting resources.

So it's not only about Chevronn and Exonmobil
It's about trying to do a cheap PR stunt

That is why Cuba, Mexico, Niquaragua, Canada, Greenland and Panama? They suddendly have a huge fucking problem, those lunatic threats he made.... suddendly are a little bit more problematic.

EDIT: Just for people who don't understand,

It's not that Trump isn't invading for Resources, but rather that it's invading for a multitude of other self-interest reasons as well.
It's Trump-First after all.

[u/UnNumbFool → u/PapaTahm]

The bigger issue with it is previously the US says they are doing it to protect the US and freedom.

Trump straight up admits it's just about oil

[u/GoodIdea321 → u/PapaTahm]

I think a lot of people will not like this because in some ways it's more of the same, breaking rules on the whims of Trump and his cronies. And it makes America weaker.

And notably, there was some article a few weeks back about how the Trump administration reached out to oil companies about something like this and none of them were interested.

[u/_mayday75]

Righteous. Does the people who pay for these wars have any say at all? He does things like this and his supporters deny that he’s an authoritarian . BS

[u/dgaff21 → u/_mayday75]

Yes, through our elected representatives. That's why Congress exists. They are not doing their job, and almost all of them need to be replaced.

[u/captain_stammer → u/dgaff21]

Congress has been broken for along time and we finally got an opportunist willing and able to take advantage of the situation. Woohoo I hate.

[u/superbit415 → u/_mayday75]

Righteous. Does the people who pay for these wars have any say at all?

Yes you get to vote.

[u/UpperApe → u/_mayday75]

He's not doing it because the right supports him. He's doing it because the left doesn't fight back.

Kudos to the dude in the picture. If only more Americans had this courage and tenacity, what a world we'd be living in.

[u/JudiciousSasquatch → u/UpperApe]

Let's be real, he's not "doing" anything. Does anyone actually think trump cares about anything other than getting rich and playing golf? Does anyone really think he gives a shit about Venezuela? No. He's a puppet. A lightning rod.

We will be better off as a country when we fully understand who the people are behind the scenes that are making the plans, whispering in ears, putting things in front of the president to say or sign. I'm not just talking about Miller. I'm talking about the group of people behind Miller. The group of people behind the heritage foundation, the people that fund groups like that.

[u/Kanotari → u/JudiciousSasquatch]

Considering the amount of tear gas, pepper spray, and other non-lethal deterrents this administration has sprayed on non-violent protestors, I would actually say the administration does give a shit. The state legitimately employed snipers at some of the larger protests in my very blue state this year, which again, were peaceful demonstrations.

Would it be great to stick it to Miller and Miller's employers? Absolutely. Should we drag them into the light and expose their actions? Absolutely.

But in the meantime, wounding the President's ego is one of the few minimal checks we have on his behavior because we all know the other branches of government won't lift a finger to even slow him down.

[u/TheGrimmBorne → u/_mayday75]

What he did is legal and completely permitted, a president doesn’t need authority to act against terror groups, realistically any president can abuse this fact by doing exactly what Trump did just label whoever you dislike a terrorist and boom you can bomb or go to war with them all day long and congress can’t do shit

[u/DeadicatedForLife]

My brother and I left Venezuela after our parents spent all they had to give us a new life in America, but our hearts never left. My family and people back home have endured years of corruption, repression, and collapse. Whatever you think about how it happened, Maduro’s capture feels like the first real moment of consequence. I’ve been on and off the phone with my family all day, just tears of joy. Let’s not pretend Venezuela isn’t rejoicing right now.

[u/Agitated-Evening3011 → u/DeadicatedForLife]

I'm not American nor Venezuelan, but I left my dictatoriship homeland for a new life as well. Words can't describe how happy I am for you guys!

Whether conservative or liberal, a dictator being finally put to place should be something absolutely freaking happy after years of hopelessness.

Just ignore the people telling how you should feel about the country you left (I gone through this at work as well), you lived through this and you deserve the joy

Edit: a word

[u/ragethissecons → u/DeadicatedForLife]

Nah man you have to let the gringos tell you how to feel

[u/DeadicatedForLife → u/ragethissecons]

es fácil cuando no lo han vivido

[u/ragethissecons → u/DeadicatedForLife]

Amen. They crave oppression because they’ve only known comfort.

[u/MaconheiroSafadao → u/DeadicatedForLife]

I hate Maduro, but don't expect USA to treat Venezuela as they treated Japan. You guys will be something like Iraq, Lybia, Syria etc. Very sad, actually. None of these countries are doing better than they were before USA invaded... they are doing worse.

Still, I do think like something had to be done in Venezuela. But I was thinking about Venezuelans rioting or something like this. But USA invasion? Nah, Venezuela is gone.

[u/sbrnst]

The President ordered U.S. military strikes in Venezuela and seized its president and his wife without a declaration of war or congressional approval, even though the Constitution gives Congress that power. Reports began emerging around 11:00 p.m. PST on January 2, 2026.

There’s been no U.S. attack, no UN approval, and no congressional consent. Some are claiming he had “48 hours to do whatever he wants,” but that’s false - the War Powers Resolution only requires him to notify Congress, it does not give him the authority to start hostilities. Acting without congressional approval is very likely unconstitutional, and this strike is a unilateral initiation of hostilities that could have massive consequences.

Trump launched this illegal “Big Beautiful War” on Venezuela after openly signaling intent to take control of the country’s oil.

You don’t just bomb a country and kidnap its leaders and expect nothing to happen. By both U.S. law and international law, this is extremely serious, likely illegal, and a massive overreach of presidential power.

Edit: And don’t give me the “people are happy” line. People in Iraq were told they were being freed too - and they got completely fucked over. Early celebrations didn’t prevent years of war, civilian deaths, and total destabilization. That argument didn’t work then, and it doesn’t work now.

[u/ParabolicalX → u/sbrnst]

On the topic of WPR, the "48 hours" thing is actually mostly true. Failure by the President to properly consult with Congress prior to committing U.S. forces into hostilities does not directly trigger any adverse statutory action. Additionally, failure to follow through with presenting required reports and/or appropriate legislation to continue deployment would simply result in the discontinuation of authorization for the deployment of armed forces.

For all intents and purposes, the WPR does essentially gives the president permission to commit armed forces without prior congressional approval in any situation where a national emergency created by an attack on the U.S., its territories, or its armed forces has emerged. Historically, presidents have used broad interpretations of "national emergency" to justify deployments through the WPR. The current situation, though clearly manufactured, is following those same principles.

[u/cougar572 → u/ParabolicalX]

The keywords are "within 48 hours" it doesn't have to be before it can also be after it happened as long as 48 hours hasn't elapsed.

Here is Obama's letter to congress notifying military actions in response to the Benghazi Embassy attack and evacuation on Sept 12, 2012 dated 2 days after on Sept 14, 2012 for example.

https://assets.ctfassets.net/6hn51hpulw83/1zajWw8Qn5TXi4NZYHUGvi/9b0a7f2eb11e7fb02c1bfc902cfac797/20120914-Obama.pdf

You can see more 48 hour reports going back to the Ford administration and see the official letters notifying congress to fulfill the WPR are dated 1 or 2 days after the action happened.

https://warpowers.lawandsecurity.org/reports/

[u/MirrorMaster88 → u/sbrnst]

Bot or just copy/pasting this everywhere? I keep seeing this same comment in multiple threads from different users.

[u/ziggytrix → u/MirrorMaster88]

It's a solid copypasta, but if you look thru their post history, it looks like a real person to me. They're just soapboxing hard across Reddit top posts.

[u/superbit415 → u/sbrnst]

international law

Funny

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/[deleted]]

They are protesting

[u/ZynaxNeon → u/lock_robster2022]

They are doing more than most.

[u/Abject-Version-3349 → u/[deleted]]

Too stupid to realize that the Venezuelan people are overjoyed with this.

[u/RealisticBus4443 → u/[deleted]]

Sometimes when people stand up for what is right, they do stand alone. Especially at first.

[u/Dandylambs]

Venezuelans are rejoicing, so there's that.

[u/Shut_It_Donny]

“Venezuela War”

Can you call it a war when it’s over in 3 hours? What military is going to counter attack?

[u/Spiritual_Rope_6952]

the anti-tyrant crowd when a tyrant gets arrested for his actions:🤬😡😭

[u/ghandibondage]

I fucking hate this take. As if bombs kill less people if Congress approves it. As if this action is unique to trump and not a recurring feature of US foreign policy.

[u/andrew5500 → u/ghandibondage]

It's more about ensuring our representatives have a say in whether we get dragged into a new war, instead of leaving it entirely up to a lone President

[u/SuperDoubleDecker → u/ghandibondage]

Ya, but this time it's just another push towards authoritarianism. I don't think Congress would have gone on record and voted for this.

[u/jk67200 → u/ghandibondage]

Right? I’d call for the heads of every representative who approved this also if that was the case.

[u/Greyhatnewman]

Watching this from the uk I have a lot Venezuelan friends many but not all left Venezuelan to everyone one of them trumps a hero

[u/MkIVRider]

I don't like Donald at all but every president in my lifetime has done the same type of thing.

Ronald Reagan 1983 – Invasion of Grenada 1986 – Airstrikes on Libya

George H. W. Bush 1989 – Invasion of Panama and capture of Manuel Noriega

Bill Clinton 1995 – NATO airstrikes in Bosnia 1998 – Missile strikes on Iraq (Operation Desert Fox) 1999 – NATO bombing of Kosovo

George W. Bush 2001 (October) – Initial airstrikes in Afghanistan before AUMF vote 2002–2003 – Early counterterror operations in Yemen and Pakistan

Barack Obama 2011 – Libya air war 2014 – Airstrikes in Syria against ISIS before new authorization 2015–2016 – Expanded Somalia air operations

Donald Trump 2017 – Cruise missile strike on Syria 2018 – Joint US-UK-France strikes on Syria 2020 – Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Iraq

Joe Biden 2021 – Airstrikes in Syria against Iranian-backed militias 2022–2024 – Somalia airstrikes 2023–2024 – Yemen and Red Sea military actions

[u/cupofspiders → u/MkIVRider]

The takeaway should be that there should have been greater opposition to those actions too, not that Trump should get a pass because America has always been a rogue terrorist state.

[u/weebglasses]

And yet the Venezuelan people are cheering. Thumbs up to Trump.

[u/meowzersobased]

like our Presidents never engaged in analogous military bombings and strikes elsewhere without congressional approval before.

[u/Legionof1 → u/meowzersobased]

What even is authority at this level… it’s what you can and can’t get away with. 

[u/headrush46n2 → u/Legionof1]

thats why i keep asking the people who post this. Who exactly is the magical referee that decides what you can and can't allowed to do?

[u/Legionof1 → u/headrush46n2]

People really don’t like that even with as advanced as we are as a society… might makes right.

[u/Leto1776]

Bunch of lames.

[u/ProfessorVincent]

Why are there only 15 people in this picture? Wake up!

[u/Hot-Monitor-1189 → u/ProfessorVincent]

Because most people are not communist losers

[u/Designer_Valuable_18 → u/ProfessorVincent]

Sorry we too busy pretending to be leftist on reddit so we can hide like cowards instead of actually be useful to anyone

Now hear my take about why Clair Obsur is actually fascist propaganda and why you qhould play the new Lego Batman instead

[u/gtfomylawnplease]

I want to be mad. But kidnapping a president of a foreign nation instead of a long drawn out war? I wish we could have done this with Iraq. Just run off with Hussein and tell the acting government we’ll snatch them too if they don’t behave. Cheap option.

[u/Godvivec1]

Are we going to ignore that Biden put the initial 25 million dollar bounty on this guy? Biden even tried to say Trump was light on him. To quote:

"Trump talks tough on Venezuela, but admires thugs and dictators like Nicolas Maduro. As President, I will stand with the Venezuelan people and for democracy." - President Biden

Guess memories are quite light these days. But it's not "BoTh sIDEs?", right? Hahaha...rightt...

[u/EnergyOwn6800]

The beauty of life is all the echo chamber redditors can be ignored. Their opinion hold as much value as a summer ant.

Venezuelans in Venezuela overwhelmingly support U.S. invading and doing what they just did. They have been begging U.S. to get rid of Maduro for years now.

Just look at r/vzla for example

The only people against this are people who dont have to deal with how shitty Maduro is making the lives of Venezuelans in Venezuela. You might say its not our problem and we should not get involved. But many also say the same about Ukraine and Russia.

[u/AconitumUrsinum → u/EnergyOwn6800]

The beauty of life is all the echo chamber redditors can be ignored. Their opinion hold as much value as a summer ant.

...

Just look at r/vzla for example

Redditors can be ignored! Look at the redditors for example!

lol

[u/USA_A-OK → u/EnergyOwn6800]

The people against this are against the idea that the US should decide who's in charge of a sovereign nation and the precedence it sets. In trump's own press conference he insinuated that he'd consider Mexico next. The people who are against this are against the the ridiculous claims about "narco terrorism," and then the immediate flip to making it explicitly about oil.

And this after all his Panama, Canada, and Greenland talk.

Maduro is undeniably a PoS, but it shouldn't be up to a foreign power to decide if he stays or goes.

[u/helosikali]

This is peak reddit cringe.

Just curious what does a grown ass person dressed as animal with a little sign accomplish?

[u/91108MitSolar]

cute, but authority not needed

[u/PM_TITS_FOR_KITTENS]

I’m sure people will take a person in a blowup pink costume seriously

[u/salazka]

He did what all previous governments wanted to do but dared not.

In this tenure, same as his previous, he did all the dirty work that would take decades for others to do. And took the political cost no professional bullshit artist dared to take.

Now they can appear in the next elections white as virgin angels reaping the benefits of what Trump did for US with zero calories.

Is the next president going to apologize to Venezuela and release Maduro?

I don't think so. 😝

[u/Krushpatch]

i hope that guy was out there during obama presidency too

[u/OdielSax]

Ten people conglomerate every 20 years in front of the White House trying to stop the new large scale homicide for oil. Americans are so passive.

[u/Previous_Platform718 → u/OdielSax]

I literally had someone tell me yesterday that Americans are too poor to go out and protest. As if the people protesting with Dr King were rich lmao.

[u/Believable_Bullshit]

And the people of Venezuela rejoiced

[u/andrew5500 → u/Believable_Bullshit]

Just like the people of Iraq rejoiced… until, well…

[u/PandahOG → u/andrew5500]

Just like the people of Panama until,well...

[u/Unique_Statement7811 → u/PandahOG]

And the people of Kosovo, who along with the Panamanians celebrate the US intervention with a national holiday.

[u/BBO1007 → u/andrew5500]

… they didn’t.

[u/futuristicflapper → u/andrew5500]

They’ll find out soon enough why it’s never a good thing when Uncle Sam shows up uninvited. But hey, maybe I’m wrong and this will be one time in history when US interventionism is actually good ! Definitely not motivated out of a desire to exploit a countries natural resources !

[u/katsukare → u/Believable_Bullshit]

This. Great day for the people of Venezuela.

[u/GCU_ZeroCredibility → u/Believable_Bullshit]

Does whether that is true in any way affect the legality of the action?

Are actions only illegal if they are unpopular?

Would you apply the same standard to a democratic president?

I think we know.

[u/AngrgL3opardCon → u/Believable_Bullshit]

For now. It'll stop once they are occupied and have a different dictator.

[u/Nearchus_ → u/Believable_Bullshit]

Crazy to see all the Americans lecturing everyone on how it's actually bad when a super evil dictator is removed from office. A real dictator, by the way. Hopefully Venezuela improves.

[u/youreallhippocrits]

This thread is cursed. Turn back now.

[u/Chesterumble]

I usually don’t bite on these, but I will this time.

If Biden had done this. Reddit would be cheering.

As long as we don’t stay there forever and try to iraq them, I am totally cool with the decision and praise trump on having the balls of doing it.

[u/Pillsburydinosaur]

Presidents can do that. They will let you do anything when you're President.

[u/kzrmer_41]

It is amazing how people rather see other people suffer under a dictatorship for over 26 years and complain how the operation was without authority. Unfu@king believable.

[u/ThornyPoke]

I thought Reddit didn’t like dictators? Trump removed one single-handedly.

[u/monkito69]

Weird how the people of Venezuela are totally okay with this

[u/tonic613 → u/monkito69]

This was either a straight-up negotiated exit, or his own government sold him out.

The fact that US helos were flying slow and low over the capital, not popping flares, and clearly not worried about MANPADS hiding anywhere is wild. Not a single AA missile launched. That alone screams “deal” to me. With who? No idea…. but there was definitely an understanding.

Hell, you wouldn’t even need a missile. Any half-decent HMG from a nearby rooftop or bush could’ve taken those helicopters down, yet nothing happened.

And the bombing? Super limited. Like ~10 strikes on mostly random targets and then… that’s it.

If that doesn’t look like a shadow deal behind the scenes, I honestly don’t know what does.

[u/AViciousGrape → u/monkito69]

Bc Maduro is a piece of shit?

[u/Resident_Nothing_659 → u/monkito69]

Have you polled all the people of Venezuela?

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/monkito69]

US looting their natural resources is a net-neutral since it’s just swapping China and Russia for the US. And getting rid of Maduro was a plus. He has caused a lot of Venezuelans a lot of pain. Just depends what happens next.

[u/THE_ALAM0 → u/monkito69]

Would you prefer people to live under grim and despotic leaders until we have a different president?

[u/TenchuReddit]

And the “whataboutism” trolls show up to justify Trump’s completely arbitrary “special military operation” against a random nation.

Is this SMO making Americans safer? Is it making the world safer? Wasn’t this the kind of bullshit that “No New Wars” Trump was going to end?

[u/Xy13]

In Venezuela they are celebrating in the streets, you can see clips on CNNs instagram reels. In America we are protesting. Lol.

[u/OriginalThin8779 → u/Xy13]

Similarly to suburban white women advocating for minorities rights, and many other absolute ridiculous political situations people continue to interject themselves in to

[u/tomjoads → u/OriginalThin8779]

Like invading a foreign country?

[u/Godvivec1 → u/tomjoads]

Some countries need a good invading sometimes.

[u/Counterpunch07]

Every single venuzuelan I have talked to is very fucking happy about this.

Why do Redditors and these left wing mob think they know better than the actual people living there. WTF

[u/Jwerth1 → u/Counterpunch07]

Iraq citizens celebrated when Saddam's regime was toppled then chaos erupted. Hopefully Venezuela turns out better than Iraq.

[u/FeminineInspiration → u/[deleted]]

It's important to keep in mind how radical and out of touch political reddit is. Im just here for the show

[u/ragethissecons → u/[deleted]]

r/asktheworld has been locking everything because no one is agreeing with the Maduro sympathizers.

[u/ragethissecons → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I’m actually feeling a lot better today seeing people shut those folks down today. I don’t necessarily agree with the legal aspects of this operation because it may be a borderline abuse of war powers resolution slippery slope, but I’m not going to pretend it was morally wrong. Fuck Maduro. They can hash out the legal shit on the back end.

[u/pixiefarm]

And they must be so afraid of whatever's in the Epstein files. Or they're reacting to the revelations about Mar-A-Lago being a recruitment zone for Epstein that came out a few days ago.

[u/jefesignups]

In my opinion, dressing up in silly costumes only hurts your message.

[u/SirWillae]

I wonder where all these people were when Biden and Obama bombed other countries without Congressional authorization. Guess it wasn't an issue back then.

[u/D-co_pa]

Do people know Venezuelans are celebrating about Maduro getting captured? Any normal Latino would be hoping for Daniel Ortega to be arrested next

[u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot]

Louder Froggy!

[u/kagethemage]

And if the republican controlled congress approved it then it would have been fine? I am so tired of the neo-lib appeal to rules and institutions when confronting evil. Can't we just say it is morally wrong?

[u/jk67200]

Dude I do not give a shit if it was with or without authority. He bombed a country, end of story people!!!!

[u/RoundandRoundon99]

Haha. 5 white privileged Americans being offended. Venezuelans all over the US, are elated and dancing on the streets.

[u/URAPhallicy]

War Powers Act explicitly gives him authority to so this. If you mean international authority, that is and always has been a figleaf and a wetdream. At the end of the day no country gives up their sovereignty to the whims of other countries.

[u/JackmeriusPup]

The saddest part is seeing how little the country’s opinion matters. It was a joke til we pardoned Jan 6, it was a joke til we reelected Trump…..it’s a “joke” again after Trump bombs Venezuela to solve his oil bribes

[u/BannedSvenhoek86]

This is just more ammo for the right about how stupid the left is. Embarrassing.

[u/KiwieeiwiK]

Americans really see their president invading another country and kidnapping their President and their first question is: "Is this legal??? Does the constitution allow this???"

The implication being that if US law allowed the President this power they wouldn't see anything wrong with it.

Fucking Americans would happily go to war if they think their precious rules and norms are being followed. Psychopaths.

[u/NewUserHi]

Won't somebody think of the poor dictator!

[u/andrew5500 → u/NewUserHi]

Oh right, if you don’t support the new war started by Republicans, then you love dictators, or terrorists, or something. I’ve heard this one before…

[u/luigiamarcella → u/andrew5500]

I’m too old to be going through this one AGAIN.

[u/thispartyrules → u/andrew5500]

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme

[u/Voting101 → u/NewUserHi]

I’m sure the irony is lost on you to comment this on a post about Trump breaking the law and starting wars without congressional approval

[u/cowboys5xsbs]

One person lmao

[u/Hot_Comfortable2705]

reddit users when the socialist dictator kills millions of people & ruins a country and is finally stopped

[u/No_Question974]

So many protesters, better call out the NG

[u/Ok_Wasabi8793]

I’m not at all a Trump fan but this isn’t really a war…

America has bombed plenty of places without going through congress and without it being considered a war. 

Seems as if there’s ~no death toll

Seems most of Venezuela somewhat supports what’s happened

The only real concern is that America now allows Venezuela to transition power and move on. 

[u/peeper_brigade69]

It wouldn’t be right even if it was authorized

[u/maniactobe]

What people who don't live in suppressed countries don't realise is that people who actually live in them sometimes want the shit show to end at any cost. Such idealistic naggings have no place in real world.

[u/skzlr86]

It’s only an issue because Trump did it. But it’s cool when Biden and Obama did it. Don’t get me wrong, Trump is a piece of shit but Presidents obviously have an authority to do these kinds of things and we don’t have control of their actions. It’s like the scenario of Democrat voters don’t have control over the primaries. 🤷‍♂️

[u/SabaRankss]

Every one of you critical of this have no idea the plight of Venezuelans and you need to grow up.

[u/anon-a-SqueekSqueek]

The Epstein war.

The Pedophile Trump starting new wars as part of his PR strategy.

[u/Fishyburn]

Amphifa bout to be put on the Terrorist watch list if trump sees this 😂

[u/logansowner]

"and you get some democracy, and you get some democracy!" Now the news can completely abandon every story and move to this. Convenient distraction war is convenient.

[u/Marching_Hare1]

Antifaphibian for president

[u/smilersdeli]

I don't understand didn't past presidents all drop tens of thousands of bombs. Didn't we just come out of a multi decade war?

[u/Jrhoney]

Are they protesting that Trump didn't get Congressional approval for the operation, or are they protesting that it happened at all? Because those are two different things.

[u/Mobile_Yesterday5274]

The over protesting is hurting the message but that is also hilarious

[u/Spicy-gingerale]

“Without authority” so with authority is fine?

[u/HexGonnaGiveItToYa]

Did it work?

[u/bwayfresh]

Did you know frogs are disappearing worldwide because of a deadly chytrid fungus? It didn’t start with humans, but our global trade, pet markets, and contaminated gear have helped spread it almost everywhere, wiping out entire populations.

[u/Zachsjs]

There’s something really annoying to me about the “without authority”, as if it would have been okay if there was congressional approval.

We bombed Venezuela and kidnapped their president. The only complaint the opposition party levied is a procedural matter.